East Lancashire Cricket Club

East Lancashire Cricket Club
League	Lancashire League
Ground	Alexandra Meadows, Blackburn, Lancashire
Professional	J. P. De Villiers (South Africa)
2014 League Position	11th

East Lancashire Cricket Club is a cricket club in the Lancashire League, which plays its home games at Alexandra Meadows in Blackburn. For the 2015 season its captain will be Mark Bolton and its professional will be J. P. de Villiers.^[1] The club has been very successful, winning the League on 14 occasions, the Worsley Cup on 18 (more than any other club), the Inter League Club Challenge Trophy (which now doesn't exist) twice in its ten-year history and has won a greater percentage of its games than any other club.^[2] It has employed professionals including Fazal Mahmood, Allan Border and Paul Reiffel.^[3]

Honours

1st XI League Winners - 14 - 1919, 1942, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1963, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1980, 1984, 1990, 2003
1st XI League Runners Up - 17 - 1896, 1901, 1913, 1916, 1943 (shared), 1944, 1945, 1946, 1969, 1983, 1988, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001
Worsley Cup Winners - 18 - 1925, 1929, 1933, 1947, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1961, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1998, 2007
Inter League Club Challenge Trophy Winners - 2 - 2004, 2006
20/20 Cup Winners - 1 - 2008
Ron Singleton Colne Trophy Winners - 3 - 1999, 2004 (shared), 2008
2nd XI League Winners - 13 - 1894, 1925 (shared), 1947, 1949, 1963 (shared), 1967, 1969, 1974, 1976, 1983, 1987, 1994, 2004
2nd XI League Runners Up - 5 - 1981, 1982, 1985, 1998, 2014
2nd XI (Lancashire Telegraph) Cup Winners - 6 - 1974, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1997, 2014
3rd XI League Winners - 1 - 1997
3rd XI League Runners Up - 3 - 2000, 2001, 2014

Team and Player achievements

Highest League Time Cricket Score - 289 v Rawtenstall at Rawtenstall on August 6, 1906
Highest League Limited Overs Score - 326-4 v Todmorden at East Lancs on June 12, 2005
Highest Worsley Cup Time Cricket Score - 396 v Accrington at East Lancs on June 28, 1923
Highest Worsley Cup Limited Overs Score - 327-4 v Bacup at East Lancs on May 28, 2005
Highest Inter League Club Challenge Trophy Score - 311-4 v Enfield at East Lancs on August 28, 2006
Highest 20/20 Cup Score - 169-4 v Rishton at Rishton on June 26, 2009
Highest Individual League Score (Professional) - 151 - Quinton Friend v Church at Church on August 1, 2004
Highest Individual Worsley Cup Score (Professional) - 179* - Allan Border v Rawtenstall at Rawtenstall on June 18, 1978
Highest Individual League Score (Amateur) - 139 - David Pearson v Nelson at Nelson on May 9, 2010
Highest Individual Worsley Cup Score (Amateur) - 177* - Paul Turner v Bacup at East Lancs on May 28, 2005
Highest Individual 20/20 Cup Score (Professional) - 109* - Brendan Nash v Rishton at Rishton on June 26, 2009
Highest Individual 20/20 Cup Score (Amateur) - 99 - Paul Turner v Haslingden at Haslingden on June 17, 2005
Best Bowling Figures (Professional) - 9-22 - Loots Bosman v Colne at Colne on May 1, 2005 and Freddie Bull v Rawtenstall at East Lancs on May 8, 1907
Best Bowling Figures (Amateurs) - 9-19 - Jonathan Brooks v Accrington at Accrington on September 23, 1916
Best 20/20 Bowling Figures (Professional) - 4-11 - Ockert Erasmus v Accrington at East Lancs on May 31, 2013
Best 20/20 Bowling Figures (Amateur) - 6-20 - Minhaj Bhada v Rawtenstall at Rawtenstall on June 26, 2015
Amateur Batsmen with over 1,000 runs in a season - David Pearson - 1994, Paul Turner - 2003
Professional Batsmen with over 1,000 runs in a season - Kerry O'Keeffe - 1975, Allan Border - 1978, Johann Louw - 2003, Shanan Stewart - 2007
Amateur Bowlers with over 100 wickets in a season - Jonathan Brooks - 1916, J. Coulthurst - 1919
Professional Bowlers with over 100 wickets in a season - Billy Mitchell - 1902, Freddie Bull - 1907, Victor Norbury - 1912, 1913, Bill Merritt - 1934, 1935, Bruce Dooland - 1949, Fazal Mahmood - 1959, Ray Strauss - 1960, Paul Reiffel - 1990, Claude Henderson - 1999

References

↑ East Lancs CC at lancashireleague.com
↑ League records at lancashireleague.com
↑ East Lancs professionals at lancashireleague.com

External links

East Lancs CC at lancashireleague.com

Lancashire League clubs – 2010

Accrington Bacup Burnley Church Colne East Lancashire Enfield Haslingden Lowerhouse Nelson Ramsbottom Rawtenstall Rishton Todmorden

Culture and infrastructure of Blackburn with Darwen

Transport

A678 road Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company Blackburn Boulevard bus station Blackburn Corporation Tramways Blackburn Railway Blackburn Transport East Lancashire Line Lancashire Union Railway Lancashire United Ribble Valley Line Ribble Valley Rail Witton Weavers Way

Railway stations	Blackburn Cherry Tree Darwen Entwistle Mill Hill (Lancashire) Pleasington Ramsgreave and Wilpshire

Disused stations	Blackburn Bolton Road Daisyfield Feniscowles Lower Darwen Spring Vale Turton and Edgworth Wilpshire

Sport

History

Media

Politics

Council Council elections 2004 06 07 08 14 15 For Darwen Party

Constituencies: Blackburn By-elections: 1869 1875 Darwen By-election: 1943 Rossendale and Darwen North East Lancashire By-election: 1880

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